Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 16:39:23 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BIND segway -> python -> first-class ports Message-ID: <CAN6yY1tjS=uk1Qr-sBN0PT73xpP%2BBxL8wLt9aosYfWf751rC5A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1K1AgZ4FaEjP_vvnfiwDWsj6M3ysEVn4taX_4_p%2B1Z8Nw@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.313.1386119137.1390.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <529E8C53.6020208@freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1312032238220.15897@sea.ntplx.net> <20131204060246.GV2951@home.opsec.eu> <CAN6yY1udd1GbQVK4YR-yxNe7vqX3S1refQwch2cafRnMv=W4mA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFHbX1K1AgZ4FaEjP_vvnfiwDWsj6M3ysEVn4taX_4_p%2B1Z8Nw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > > Of course, the question of what needs to be a class 1 port may prove to > be > > the bikeshed to end all bikesheds! (I think we need Python, Perl, JPEG, > > PNG, GPG, BIND and bright yellow!) And we need a reasonable mechanism to > > update this list as the popularity of various tools does change. > > Woah, this is missing most of what Alfred was saying. There should be > no "class 1 ports", and if jpeg went in base, it should be because > base requires and uses it, not because it is useful to 3rd party > software in base. The base jpeg *would not* even be visible to > ports/3rd party software by default, only to base and things > especially configured to use base. > > You are correct. I did not understand Alfred's proposal correctly. Of course, I can see several issues with that, as well, but it' a lot more tractable than a set of "baseline" ports. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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